In this post, the third in a series, we share one of the videos, which explores how Museum artists re-built the "snow" in the foreground of various dioramas including the Canada Lynx and Varying Hare diorama.

Canada Lynx and Varying Hare diorama, in the Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals

What creates the "glimmer" or "bling" in the diorama's snow? Find out the answer in the video, as Museum artist Joianne Bittle Knight explains the painstaking process of recreating freshly fallen snow.

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